Table of Contents Foreword iii Grand Strategy in the Pacific War Crerhard L. Weinberg 1 Joint Operations Walter S. Poole 15 The Island Campaign Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Simmons, USMC (Ret.) 25 Intelligence Methodologies in the Pacific War John Prados 45 The Sea War against Japan William S. Dudley 53 Military Technology and the Pacific War Richard P. Hallion 69 Strategic Intelligence and War Termination Edward J. Drea 91 Revolutionizing Submarine Warfare Rear Mm. Eugene B. Fluckey, USN (Ret.) 103 The Strategic Air War against Japan William M. Leary 113 The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb Theodore H.McNelly 131 Panelists 171 Notes 175 Bibliography 189 Photographs Japanese invasion of China 3 Triumphant Japanese soldiers, China 4 Ledo Road, Burma 8 Photographs Casablanca Conference 11 General MacArthur, President Roosevelt, and Admiral Nimitz. ... 17 (General Eisenhower and Lt. General Spaatz 21 General MacArthur 26 Admiral Halsey and Vice Adm. Spruance 28 Marines on Betio in the Tarawa atoll 30 Admiral Nimitz at a press conference 32 Flag-raising on Iwo Jima 35 Battle on Okinawa 37 Victory on Okinawa 39 U.S. Marine mass grave, Iwo Jima 41 Battleship Row under Japanese aerial attack, Pearl Harbor 42 Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu, Battle of Midway 49 Japan-bound Tokyo Raiders 55 Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho, Battle of the Coral Sea 57 Pacific Ocean commanders, Saipan 59 Japanese military base, Marcus Island 60 Japanese torpedo bomber exploding, Kwajalein 62 USS Yorktown, Battle of Midway 64 Flight deck of USS Hornet 72 Boeing B-29 Superfortress 73 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated B-24 Liberator ... 74 Amphibious LCVP, Leyte, Philippine Islands 75 Amphibious LCM, Kiska, Alaska 76 Amphibious LVTs, Okinawa 77 North American B-25 Mitchells, Indochina 78 Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero "Zeke" 79 Grumman F6F Hellcat 80 Lockheed P-38Lightning 81 Amphibious DUKW, Guam 82 Amphibious LSTs and LSMs, Okinawa 83 Photographs Barrage rockets firing from amphibious LSM 84 Kamikaze attack on USS Missouri 85 U.S. Army Air Forces intelligence gatherer 93 Japanese Ohka suicide bomb 95 Japanese "Val" dive-bombers 97 Japanese soldier in jungle hideout 99 U.S. Navy Gato/Balao Class submarine 105 Mark XVIII electric torpedo 107 Sinking Japanese ship through U.S. Navy periscope 109 B-29 bombing of Showa Steel Works, China 116 General Henry "Hap" Arnold 117 B-29s dropping bombs 118 Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando over Himalayan "Hump" 119 Brig. General James Doolittle being honored for Tokyo Raid 120 Maj. General Curtis LeMay and Brig. General Haywood Hansell 121 Isley Field, Saipan 122 Japanese aerial attack on XXI Bomber Command 123 Tokyo, Japan after incendiary bombing 124 Kobe, Japan under incendiary bombing 125 Bombed Mitsubishi aircraft assembly plant, Nagoya, Japan 126 Bombed crude oil refinery, Toyama, Japan 127 President Truman prior to departure for Potsdam Conference . . 141 B-29 Enola Gay 142 Plutonium bomb, Fat Man type 145 Atom bomb exploding over Nagasaki, Japan 146 Battle scene, Numfoor Island 149 Kamikaze damage to U.S. Navy carrier 150 Japanese delegation to surrender ceremony 153 Gen. MacArthur signing Japanese surrender document 154 Gen. MacArthur and Japanese Emperor Hirohito 157 United States Military Cemetery, Yokohama, Japan 158

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